by Art Petty | Nov 5, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leading Change
There are ample reasons for organizations to change business processes and business practices in this fast moving and complex environment. The market drivers are strong, the business justification is clear and often, ideas on how and where to change are clearly...
by Art Petty | Nov 4, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Project Management
Note from Art: some lighter thoughts connecting the world of good old-fashioned (and cathartic) physical labor to the world of projects and work. And some bonus advice for getting along, especially with your spouse or significant other! Spend enough time writing,...
by Art Petty | Nov 1, 2010 | Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve not met a person yet that doesn’t need help from time to time, and this goes double for anyone in a leadership role. Leadership is frequently lonely and those that take their role seriously truly fret over decisions surrounded by ambiguity. The pressure to...
by Art Petty | Oct 27, 2010 | Leadership, Marketing
As business leaders, we make decisions every day about how our firms and our people compete. Most of us choose to focus on creating value and solving problems. A few resort to “win at all” costs type behaviors. This latter group poses some vexing problems for those of...
by Art Petty | Oct 25, 2010 | Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Management Innovation
Note from Art: application of the ideas in this post has been known to stimulate creativity in some office environments. In a limited number of cases, use of these ideas or concepts has caused distress mostly due to failure to properly follow instructions or, because...
by Art Petty | Oct 20, 2010 | Leadership, Management Innovation, Marketing, Product Management
Note from Art: my view to marketing comes from 2+ decades in B2B technology firms large and small, foreign and domestic, as well as 4-years working with small to mid sized manufacturing and service businesses. While your own environment may be different than the one I...
